Category Archives: Fitness tracker

This year has produced a flood of fitness trackers and, as such, it takes more than it has in the past to stand out from the crowd. The unassuming Withings Pulse has a neat trick up its sleeve that just might do it: In addition to all the usual stuff, it can take your pulse. Welcome to Fitmodo, Gizmodo’s gym for your brain and backbone. Don’t suffer through life as a sniveling, sickly weakling—brace up, man, get the blood pumping! Check back on Wednesdays for the latest in fitness science, workout gear, exercise techniques, and enough vim and vigor to...

BodyMedia fitness trackers have always been the ugly ducklings, because, well, they’re ugly. Thankfully, that’s about to change. The new Core 2 fitness tracker keeps tabs on a whole lot of metrics, and it’s a lot easier on the eyes. At its heart, the Core 2 isn’t that much different from BodyMedia’s previous flagship. It still packs in sensors to measure your temperature, heat flux, galvanic skin response, and and 3-axis accelerometer to capture every little motion, from your steps to the quality of your sleep. This is considerably more metrics than you get with something like the Nike Fuelband,...

Last month we reviewed the Fitbit Zip, which was basically a glorified pedometer. The Fitbit One is the Zip’s big brother, and successor to the very popular Ultra line. Is the feature-filled gadget worth a hundred bucks? What Is It? It’s a tiny fitness monitor that counts the steps you take, the stairs you climb, and the calories you burn, and even tracks the quality of your sleep. Who’s it For? People who want data about how much exercise they get throughout the day. Design It’s a smooth, oblong pebble. One button lights up the LED screen and allows you...